General information
Type of the document Letter
SenderMartinů, Bohuslav
Sender (corporation)
Note on Sender‘s location[New York]
Send date21.03.1953
RecipientSchlee, Alfred
Recipient (corporation)Universal Edition
Note on Recipient‘s location[Vienna?]
LanguageEnglish
Former call number at IBM52/99
Call number at IBMUE 1953-03-21
Content and physical description
Transcription of the letter

March 21 - 53



 



Dear Mr. Schlee:



I write you that I would have some manuscript at my disposition and I think I would like to propose you a Concerto da Camera for violin solo with string orch. and piano. It is one of compositions commissioned by P. Sacher and was performed in Basel with a big success. I still like it more than many of my later compositions, and I am sure you will like it too. It is about 20 minutes, with the brilliant solo part. I know you would prefer an orchestral piece, but I couldn’t get so far from my contract with Boosey & Hawkes, if I write a new piece I have to show it first to B&H and they would certainly take it. And I do not have any time for it now. But the Concerto is good and I got it back from B&H, because they didn’t printed it in time after the contract and in the meantime they have a new score, specially in the opera-field. Let me know what do you think about it. I will be in N.Y. until May 1 and after that date I am coming to Europe. I am in the Jury for the Festival in Bruzelles. I hope I could come back to Matrei that’s the place which appeal to me so much. And I hope to see you too.



With my best regards



B. Martinu


Total number of leaves1
Number of pages bearing text1
Note2 rubber stamps
Fixationhandwriting, signature (Martinů)
Location as subject
Basel
Brussels
Matrei in Osttirol
New York, NY
Person as subject
Corporation as subject
Composition as subject
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